Sunday, 17 November 2013

Pimp my cardi

Before I begin, I have replied to everyone who was so kind to have taken the time to comment on my last two posts. If you've not heard from me then it is likely that you haven't entered your email dress into your blog settings and are a "No-reply Comment" blogger. This means that when I get an email alerting me of your comment, if I reply via that email it just spins off into space and never reaches you. I must have sent thousands of replies into the ether over the years. It's not so bad if I notice you're a no reply commenter and you have a blog because I could find you that way but if you haven't a blog then I can't get in touch.

Me and cardigans, we're good mates. I like most cardigans. I've not met very many that I don't like. My preference is for a soft cotton cardigan that costs very little so that I don't feel bad when I attack it with ribbon, embroidery, scissors, buttons.... I'd feel a bit of a cowbag if I did my meddling with a Brora cashmere cardi.

It wasn't possible to get a good pic of this black cardigan. I don't wear this one very often as these days I rarely wear black. It shows up too much boy bogey. Mini Cuckoo likes to rub his snout on me a few times a day. Oh the glamour.

Like the blue cardi above I used a Cath Kidston pattern from her "Make" book. I enjoyed stitching these cardigans. It was like colouring in with thread. Something I spent hours and hours doing as an only child.

I have a swillion ideas for pimped up cardi's and I have about 5 New Look/H&M cardigans ready for attacking waiting in the wings.

This one was a little cheapy cotton cardi from H&M. It was sweet just as it was but after an addition of a velvet and lace trim it is sweeter still. At least I think so and a few other people have complimented it too.

It only took about an hour to hand stitch it on. Quite a satisfying thing to do when the kids are in bed and the husbando is watching some crubbish on TV like Ice Pilots or that gold digging one with the Hoffmans (who have wonderful architectural facial hair) who are always looking for a glory hole *snigger.

This cardi is pimped up Marie Antoinette style by snipping a hole in the middle of a doily and sewing it on to the inside of the cuffs. This too took very little time. I used doilies with cotton fabric centres and cotton crochet edges. I snipped the hole with pinking shears and zig zag stitched them to the cardi. I reckon this took me just half an hour. I love a quick craft.

This is the same cardigan as above but with a removable crochet collar. I wear this collar pinned to a number of cardigans, jumpers, dresses and even my denim jacket (though it is quite a bleeder to pin on to my denim jacket). I have two of these collars, one small and one large, they are very versatile. I wear the large one backwards sometimes. If you want to make one then go here.

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I have noticed I like to end my posts with a ps or something funny. So here we go:

ps. My youngest son is a very gorgeous child. At least I think so. He is quite a placid little chap and has a sweet funny nature. We all adore him and thank our lucky stars that we were blessed to have him.

I love your custom cardigans (I'm off to raid my wardrobe in hopes of customisableness - is that even a word?). Your little chap is really cute, I love the sheer amount of effort that went into the tantrum face!

Good cardigan pimping :-) You'd never know they weren't already like that. Love your little boys sad face (in a nice way!) it just made me laugh and reminded me of a blog called "Reasons why my son is crying", which is very funny

Oh bless, your little lad such a sweetheart, I did chuckle at the scowling face and the red all around his mouth :-) Gorgeous cardigans I wouldn't have thought about pimping them up love the lace collar idea and the rick rack. Have a lovely week, dee x

Some fab ideas to jazz up cardis....I love the one with the velvet ribbon and lace trim and the black one with the Cath Kidston rose is amazing ! I thought you'd maybe bought the rose motif and sewn it on...silly me ...I'd forgotten what a talented clever clogs you are :)Your littlest boy is a sweetie . Happy Monday and have a great week .

First of all thanks for the reply, but I am a no reply blogger, so don't bother. You can always pop over to mine and leave a comment if you choose. I love your cardigans and what you have done to them, pretty impressive job and I am sure you have given many of us heaps of inspiration. That also goes for that VERY flat tummy, oh my how I wish!! xoxo

You're very clever with cardigan pimping aren't you, my favourite is the 'antoinette' very clever indeed. I love the photos at the end he did very well perfectly filling in his face with lipstick, i expect it took him quite a while xx

Just love them love them. Loads of great ideas Cuckoo, I'd love to have embroidery on one of mine but my stitching is crappy. Yours is beautiful. Very beautiful boy - I don't miss the mood swings mind you. Tends to be me having tantrums these days. X

First I need to go shopping for some lovely trims and then I need to find out what I'm doing with my time, I'm obviously wasting it when I could be pimping my clothes!! ClairePS I was sure I'd fixed my no reply status thingy but I obviously haven't! :-( I will try again! xx

Dear CuckooI popped over to visit from CocoRose as a result of the absolutely gorgeous tea cosy you made her. Is the pattern your own or can you point me in the direction of it? I'd love to make one. Hope you don't mind me asking. I love your cardigan pimping by the way - you've set me looking at all my old cardigans in a new and speculative light! Elizabeth x

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I L♡VE your comments. Thank you ever so for taking the time. I do try to get back to everyone but I am rather scatty and I have these 3 big distractions....(and I'm just generally a bit rubbish lately, so please don't feel obliged to leave a note) Sorry about the word verification too, too much spam.

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My blog is a diary of all my crafting exploits with my family life thrown in too. Cuckoo is my nickname, it comes from a song my dear Nanny Dot used to sing to me "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she singeth as she flies..." but it sums me up well, I am a teeny weeny bit cuckoo (but who isn't?!)
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